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Ernie Accorsi started as a sportswriter, which isn't the main reason he's the right consultant for the Bears. He began his NFL career in public relations for the Baltimore Colts, where Johnny Unitas was the quarterback. When he became general manager of the Colts, he drafted John Elway even though Elway didn't want to play for owner Robert Irsay and had to be traded. Accorsi soon left and went to the Cleveland Browns, where he drafted Bernie Kosar. Later, when he became general manager of the New York Giants, he made a trade so he could draft Eli Manning. Accorsi is acutely aware, as is George McCaskey, of the main problem with the Bears. They are neither lucky nor good at...

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